Zakariah Barie (born 29 May 1953) is a retired

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

n long-distance runner who specialized in the

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. He won the silver medal at the

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, finished thirteenth at the 1984 Olympic Games. He also competed at the

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and the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final. He studied at the

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* 1953 births Living people Tanzanian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Tanzania Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Tanzania Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Tanzania University of Texas at El Paso alumni UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{Tanzania-athletics-bio-stub